Author Archives: Dave Howard

TONIGHT! James Spencer Hosts Another Cold Cat Comix Lab, Tuesday March 18, 8pm

One third of the very popular Read More Comix trio, cartoonist James Spencer hosts another Cold Cat Comix Lab a fun, free night of experimental comic making in Parkdale. I speak from experience when I say it’s a totally fun night where you meet and draw with other cartoonists around Toronto in a relaxed butContinueContinue reading “TONIGHT! James Spencer Hosts Another Cold Cat Comix Lab, Tuesday March 18, 8pm”

The Walrus: Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever

The Walrus’ Ira Wells writes of the alarming trend of book banning that is happening in communities all across Canada: My job now involves teaching novels and short stories to enthusiastic university students, many of whom are budding bibliophiles; at home, I’ve read aloud to my own children almost every night for more than aContinueContinue reading “The Walrus: Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever”

Three ‘Must Read’ Memoirs Recommended by CBC Radio 1 Producer Ashly July

CBC Radio 1 producer Ashly July has three ‘must read’ graphic novel memoir recommendations for us to read, on CBC Books. They are: Something, Not Nothing by Sarah Levitt All Our Ordinary Stories by Teresa Wong The Lonliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine There are so many graphic novels being published today, recommendationsContinueContinue reading “Three ‘Must Read’ Memoirs Recommended by CBC Radio 1 Producer Ashly July”

D&Q’s Tom Devlin Interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé Jr. for The Comics Journal

From the article: Tom Devlin interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé, Jr. about Raw Sewage Science Fiction and Shell Collection, collecting shorter works into books, cartoonist rituals, and negative reviews – “[Ron Regé, Jr.:] I really like thinking of these book-bound comics we make as time capsules. Books get shuffled around and shoved in closets and corners so easily. Picked upContinueContinue reading “D&Q’s Tom Devlin Interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé Jr. for The Comics Journal”

Michael DeForge launches  Holy Lacrimony Wednesday March 12, 6-8pm at the Lillian H. Smith Library

Email reminder from Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library: Hi Just a reminer that Michael DeForge’s book launch for Holy Lacrimony is tomorrow night, Wednesday March 12, 6-8pm.Michael DeForge launches Holy Lacrimony in conversation with Glenn Sumi. It’s the post-alien abduction trauma memoir we’ve all been waiting for! Holy Lacrimony is classicContinueContinue reading “Michael DeForge launches  Holy Lacrimony Wednesday March 12, 6-8pm at the Lillian H. Smith Library”

Jean-Dominic Leduc and Marc Tessier Cover Quebec Representation at Angoulême for The Comics Journal

On the dark side, a record of corruption and serious toxicity from the festival managment. On the hopeful side, Quebec cartoonists are getting their due. From the article: Our talks in Angoulême with various movers and shakers (publishers, authors, journalists and festival goers) led us to conclude that the local Quebec output of graphic novelsContinueContinue reading “Jean-Dominic Leduc and Marc Tessier Cover Quebec Representation at Angoulême for The Comics Journal”